Long story short. I was tricked into buying a Galaxy S2 that was IMEI blocked soon after I bought it. The only information I have is the seller's phone number, a name, and an alleged address (tried going there twice, no one answered doorbell: figures). TMO told me that they can't do much which was expected. I'm not hoping too much for any recourse, but I'm just wondering what can I do with this phone? Everything works and is in mint condition except for the blocked part. Any way to recover from this mess?
I was hoping TMO could help me trace it back but I don't think they'll do that for me.
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Very similar situation with Verizon.. called them many times but they said I'd need the account info before they can help me. I've tried to contact the guy on fb where I bought it and seen his post from a sell/buy page yet his account. Is no longer available or doesn't show when I search his name. I asked if I could have a number they have on file or can they contact him and they said that they couldn't.. I bought the s7 edge from him and now only use it have of it is an Internet Explorer... it's a very nice phone set me back 240.00 between a rock and a hard place please help
i have recently had my mobile phone stolen, galaxy s3 i9300, upon completion of the form for insurance for the insurance company asked for proof of handset, blocking and imei code and a few other details, which i got from o2.
however when i got the form my phone was listed on there website as a galaxy i8300, however the imei code on the phone matches the box and from a few website searches on imei info
the website clearly shows i own a white galaxy s3, but o2 will not accept this and categorically say that i was using the i8300.
i have never owned this phone in my life and know nobody with this handset and the dates all match to when i bought the phone sim free in london samsung Westfield and entered the sim, the only thing is the model number, and until corrected the insurance will not pay out.
can anyone please advise
Galaxy phones are all i9xxx models. Someone is being corrupt.
Try your Google play store account and download the app Plan B by Lookout Security. If you're lucky and the thief didn't reset the phone, the app will track it for you.
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hi mate thanx for the reply, sorry that was my mistake writing galaxy for the mistaken phone, i wrote thhis late at night lol
so basically the phone i owned was sgs3. imei code.********* anyhow the phone company told me .
yes mr lee we have blocked ur phone, imei; *********** then they told me the imei in question belongs to a samsung i8300 (My mistake before in calling galaxy i8300), but they have provided me with the usage dates, being from the 28th may-7th june, the exact time i had my sim in the sgs3 but they insist my sim was in a i8300, i have provided a receipt for them listing the imei and my sim free sgs3 but o2 will not accept this, i dont understand,
i hope i made a bit more sense this time,
thanks in advance
ALWAYS INCLUDE A DESCRIPTIVE THREAD TITLE
Samsung phones come with model numbers i9xxx if it's a galaxy,as in,i9000,i9100,i9103, i9200,i9300 so for them to deny replacing you the phone based on it saying i8300 (this is obviously their error,the 9 is a constant) on their computers is ludicrous, considering you have a valid receipt of purchase and proper insurance, outright fraud! I suggest you insist on dealing with someone else next time your there.
Did you try the app?
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HI Team,
I bought the Samsung Galaxy S2 HD LTE aka: SHV-E120S.
Strangely I see that while entering the code *#06# to display the IMEI, it never shows up. Inside the battery compartment though I find that there is a s/n & IMEI printed.
I also checked in the <Settings> <About Phone> <Status>, the IMEI does not show up there as well.
I am getting a feeling that the seller who sold the phone to me might have tried unlocking the phone for my use in India. I am not able to get a proper answer here as well as the phone box was sealed.
Can I please have some help here from the forum to understand how to rectify this or what I could do now
I am not sure if I would be able to use in India as well as the Govt mandates IMEI and I believe this is same in all countries.
Works in the US
surajr said:
HI Team,
I bought the Samsung Galaxy S2 HD LTE aka: SHV-E120S.
Strangely I see that while entering the code *#06# to display the IMEI, it never shows up. Inside the battery compartment though I find that there is a s/n & IMEI printed.
I also checked in the <Settings> <About Phone> <Status>, the IMEI does not show up there as well.
I am getting a feeling that the seller who sold the phone to me might have tried unlocking the phone for my use in India. I am not able to get a proper answer here as well as the phone box was sealed.
Can I please have some help here from the forum to understand how to rectify this or what I could do now
I am not sure if I would be able to use in India as well as the Govt mandates IMEI and I believe this is same in all countries.
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I was worried about the same thing. I bought mine from an auction on ebay. But it came preloaded with all sorts of Korean apps. The company said they would take it back, but I would have to ship it back to HK. T-Mobile was able to offer me service without an IMEI. Works Great! Now I am going to root it so I can get rid of all the Korean stuff.
I recently bought a China android phone on ebay.com. you can see the product here http://www.ebay.com/itm/-/320977989760?item=320977989760&ViewItem=
I live in India and i am not able to use the Sim on the phone. The problem is when i put the sim the phone detects carrier name but i am not able to make calls. So can this be an issue with the IMEI number. Because i have heard the the china phones does not come with genuine IMEI numbers and in Indian now its compulsory to use handsets only with the genuine IMEI numbers. So can some one please help me with this? I dont know if its an IMEI issue or something else. I contacted the seller and he said it has a genuine IMEI and he also gave me a link to change the IMEI number of needed which i know is illegal. So any help is really appreciated !! Thanks.
Cheers,
Shrikanth
i will be going to turkey in september. you can't use your phone there unless it's registered. the registration fee is around €60 and sure as hell i don't want to pay this to the corrupt state.
before the advent of smartphones they only used to register IMEI (afaik). now i am sure it takes more than changing the IMEI to pose as registered. what other unique numbers other than IMEI must i change?
(i have couple of old phones that are already registered. one of them is a philips X500. my current phone is a galaxy s3 mini. how can i pose my s3 mini as that philips X500?)
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i will be going to turkey in september. you can't use your phone there unless it's registered. the registration fee is around €60 and sure as hell i don't want to pay this to the corrupt state.
before the advent of smartphones they only used to register IMEI (afaik). now i am sure it takes more than changing the IMEI to pose as registered. what other unique numbers other than IMEI must i change?
(i have couple of old phones that are already registered. one of them is a philips X500. my current phone is a galaxy s3 mini. how can i pose my s3 mini as that philips X500?)
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You will find no help here. Changing those numbers is illegal and not to be talked about on XDA.